96 SCOLIID^. 



201. Elis annulata. 



Tiphia annulata, Fahr. Ent. Sijst. ii, p. 225, $ ; Syst Piez. p. 234. 

 Canipsonieris servillii, Lcpel. (nee Guer.) Hym. iii, p. 501, 

 Scolia annulata, Smith, Cat. iii, p. 100. 



Elis annulnta, Sauss, 8f Sick. Cat. Seal. p. 196, $ cJ ; Cam. Mem, 

 Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) v, 1892, p. 110. 



5 . Head, witli the vertex and clypeus in the middle smooth, 

 the face above the antennae densely punctured, with a median 

 short vertical groove ; the face in front slightly, the occiput and 

 pronotum anteriorly densely pubescent ; thorax with large scattered 

 punctures, the disc of the mesonotum almost inipnnctate ; median 

 segment short, concavo-truncate posteriorly, the punctures in the 

 middle closer, and on the sides above much finer and closer ; 

 abdomen — segments 1-4 smooth, nearly impuuctate, fimbriated 

 posteriorlv, the 5th and 6th segments closely and coarsely 

 punctured and set with stiff rigid hairs. Black, the pubescence 

 white, on the apical segments of the abdomen above it is black ; 

 wings hyaline, with a large purplish-fuscous spot at apex. 



S . Smaller, more slender ; the basal segment of the abdomen 

 constricted, and all the segments with widely, scattered shallow 

 coarse punctures ; head and thorax covered with cinereous 

 pubescence ; the clypeus on each side yellow, and segments 1-5 of 

 the abdomen with transverse yellow bands on the posterior margins. 



Var. The pronotum, scutellum, and legs variegated with yellow ; 

 wings hyaline with a tinge of yellow. 



Ilah. North- West Provinces; Sikhim ; Southern India ; Burma; 

 Tenasserim ; China ; Japan ; and Malavan subregion. 5 . Length 

 15-25 ; exp. 28-40 mm. <S . Length 13-22 ; exp. 28-36 mm. 



202. Elis lindenii. 



Campsomeris lindenii, Lepel. Hym. iii, p. 500, 5 . 

 ? Scolia quadrifasciata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supjyl- p. 255, S • 

 Scolia radula,X(?«(7 {nee Fabr.), Web. 8f Mohr, Beitr. Nafiirk. i, p. 30, 

 Elis lindenii, Sauss. Sf Sich. Cat. Scol. p. 204 ; Cam. Mem. Manch. 

 L. Ph. Soc. (4) V, 1892, p, 112, 



$ . Head and thorax pubescent, sparsely punctured, the 

 punctures finer and closer about the base of the antennae ; 

 the clypeus, front, and vertex of the head, the disc of the meso- 

 notum, and the abdomen smooth ; the last opaque, with the 

 posterior margins of 1st to 4th or 5tb segments fimbriated ; median 

 segment very short, concavo-truncate posteriorly, the middle 

 above the truncation slightly produced. Black, the pubescence 

 fulvous, golden, hoary-cinereous, or white ; wings flavo-hyaliue, 

 with a fuscous spot at apex. 



Var. Wings altogether fuscous. 



S . Punctured all over, shining. The clypeus anteriorly, the 

 posterior margin of the pronotum, two spots on the scutellum, and 

 transverse fasciae on the posterior margins of the 1st to 4th or 5th 

 segments of the abdomen yellow ; these fasciae anteriorly emar- 

 ginate ; legs variegated with yellow ; wings light flavo-hyaline. 



